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Irving produced many popular and successful works throughout his writing career, most of which were published in Britain by John Murray. The manuscripts in this sequence relate to some of these works, including 'The Crayon Miscellany' and three volumes of 'A Chronicle of the conquest of Granada'. In addition, there is an incomplete manuscript for a review for the 'Quarterly Review', and a letter that contains a personal outline of his life up until 1837.

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For nearly 40 years Irving wrote letters to his British publishers, John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. Irving developed a good relationship with the house of Murray, even dubbing John Murray [II] the 'prince of booksellers'. The correspondence includes discussion of his works, copyright issues, his travels, proposals for new works and discusses other publications. The letters here appear in 'Washington Irving and the house of Murray', edited by Ben Harris McClary.

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The relationship between Washington Irving and the house of Murray is represented through this sequence of correspondence. The letters here were written by Irving from Britain, Spain and the United States of America to both John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. In addition, there are letters from the American publisher George Putnam, who produced the American versions of the works of Irving. These letters mainly relate to the copyright of these works.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The relationship between Washington Irving and the house of Murray is represented through this sequence of correspondence. The letters here were written by Irving from Britain, Spain and the United States of America to both John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. In addition, there are letters from the American publisher George Putnam, who produced the American versions of the works of Irving. These letters mainly relate to the copyright of these works.

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For nearly 40 years Irving wrote letters to his British publishers, John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. Irving developed a good relationship with the house of Murray, even dubbing John Murray [II] the 'prince of booksellers'. The correspondence includes discussion of his works, copyright issues, his travels, proposals for new works and discusses other publications. The letters here appear in 'Washington Irving and the house of Murray', edited by Ben Harris McClary.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

For nearly 40 years Irving wrote letters to his British publishers, John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. Irving developed a good relationship with the house of Murray, even dubbing John Murray [II] the 'prince of booksellers'. The correspondence includes discussion of his works, copyright issues, his travels, proposals for new works and discusses other publications. The letters here appear in 'Washington Irving and the house of Murray', edited by Ben Harris McClary.

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(1) photocopies, 1976, of three letters, circa 1827, of Washington Irving to John Murray II, from the collection of Barbara Murray; and,

(2) exhibition catalogue, 1946 : "Washington Irving and his circle : a loan exhibition observing the restoration of `Sunnyside` : October 8

through October 26, 1946", produced by M. Knoedler and Company.

Scope and Contents Author Washington Irving (1783-1859) had many of his most famous works published in Britain by John Murray, including 'Sketch book of Geoffrey Canon', which includes the stories of 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.The holdings here reflect the business and personal relationship between Irving and the house of Murray. There are over 60 letters of Irving to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. In addition, the sequence includes letters of George Putnam, the...